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World Cup Fever

Wed 11 Jun 2014

REFILE - CLARIFYING LOCATION
Soccer fans carry a giant replica of the official ball for 2014 FIFA World Cup, made of fiber, in Kolkata June 11, 2014. Picture: Reuters

REFILE - CLARIFYING LOCATION
Boards with the pictures of soccer players are decorated with lights inside a Pandal or a temporary tent, ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Kolkata. Picture: Reuters

Prisoners Juan Valiente (L) and Barlok, wearing jerseys in the colours of Spain's national soccer team, pose for a photo after winning a soccer match as part of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima.Picture: Reuters

A poster of Argentina's soccer player Lionel Messi Iies on the ground next to a fake World Cup trophy as Peruvian shamans perform a ritual outside the National Stadium in Lima, June 10, 2014. The shamans are blessing the 2014 World Cup host nation Brazil and key soccer players good luck. Picture: Reuters

A man walks past posters with caricatures of (L-R) member of the FIFA World Cup 2014 Organizing Committee, former Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter, in Brasilia. Picture: Reuters

A man takes a "selfie" with a child in front of pictures of Brazilian soccer players along a road ahead of the 2014 World Cup, in Kolkata. Picture: Reuters

An Argentine soccer fan plays a vuvuzela as he waits to see the bus carrying the squad to board a plane for Belo Horizonte to participate in the 2014 Brazil World Cup, in Buenos Aires. Picture: Reuters

People walk in front of a security fence around Arena de Sao Paulo stadium in Sao Paulo June 9, 2014. Brazil will face Croatia on June 12 for the opening match in Sao Paulo. Picture: Reuters

A man with his camel walks near a sand sculpture of 2014 World Cup, created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik at a beach in Puri, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha June 11, 2014. Picture: Reuters

A worker carries sweets next to the models of soccer players that are made of sweets at a bakery shop ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, on the outskirts of Kolkata. Picture: Reuters

A culinary teacher (R) and a student carve images of Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo on watermelons. Picture: Reuters

Reginaldo, a Brazilian flag seller, waits for customers sitting in the traffic of Cuiaba, ahead of the 2014 World Cup June 10, 2014.
Picture: Reuters

The Obelisk is lit up in the Brazilian team colours of yellow and green in Buenos Aires June 10, 2014.
Picture: Reuters

A poster of former Argentinian soccer star Diego Maradona is hung under barbed wires during a soccer match as part of the Castro-Castro prison's own version of the 2014 World Cup in Lima.
Picture: Reuters